Game-board.



L. H. NELSON.

GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. a. 1915.

1,136,552. Patented Apr- 20, 11915.

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- and State of Maine, have invented certain- LYMAN 1-1. NELSON, or remnant, MAINE.

GAME-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

Application filed. February 8,1915. Serial No. 6,712.

[ all whom it may concern:

of Portland, in the county of Cumberland new and useful Improvements in Game- Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a game board of the well known. type wherein a panel of wood or-other suitable material cut away a tthe corners is inclosed within a rectangu- Y lar frame, one edge of the frame extending ing pieces.

above the panel to form a bank or cushion for the board, the other edge of the frame extending below the panel to form a space topermit the playing pieces to drop through the panel at the corners. Tn playing the game or games for which this board is adapted, disks or checkers are propelled along the surface of the panel and fall into the openings or pockets at the corners.

The object of my invention is to construct a board of this general type so that it may be made cheaply enough to be sold in the ten cent trade, so called.

With this end in view I make use of a sheet of pulp board on which is printed the necessary figures to indicate the manner of playing the game, the corners of the sheets being cut away to form pockets. The edges of the sheet rest on strips joined together to form a lower frame and an upper frame coinciding with the lower frame, is nailed to the lower-frame, securing the edges of the sheet and forming a bank or cushion for playing the game. On the under side of the pulp board sheet and w1th1n the space formed by the lower frame is secured an envelop containing the playing pieces, this envelop being of the same thickness as the lower frame and composed of stiff paper rigid enough to support the center of the pulp board sheet to prevent the same from sagging. v

My invention may best be understood by means of the accompanying drawing in which is shown a game board constructed according to my invention. I

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view, Fig. 2 is a side elevation, Fig. 3 is a central vertical section and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the envelop for containing the play- Referring to the drawings, or represents a sheet of pulp board square or rectangular in form, supported on the upper edge of a lower rectangular frame made up of strips 6 secured together at their ends. The edges of the pulp board sheet are secured to the upper edge of the lower frame by means of anupper frame made up of strips 0 which coincide with the strips b of the lower frame. The strips 0 of the upper frame are secured to the strips 5 of the lower frame by nails 03 which pass through the edges of the sheet a. The ends of the strips 0 are bent down the thickness of the sheet a so that they contact with the upper edge of the lower frame, being securely nailed in place at the ends. The strips 0 thus hold the edges of the sheet firmly in place and they also provide a rim or cushion against which the playing pieces strike.

Informing the two frames the strips a are 'madeconsiderably narrower than the strips 6 because the function of the strips (4 is to form cushion for the playing pieces while the strips b aredesigned to raise the playing portion of the board high enough so that the playing pieces may drop readily through the pockets or openings in the corners.

In the form of the board herein shown a group of six circles z are marked or printed in the center of the board. A. checker is placed in each circle and the checker or playing piece it is snapped with the finger against the other checkers, the game being to force the latter to enter the pocket or corner openings. The game is similar to the game of pool and the lines along the sides mark the space within which the playing piece it must be placed for the initial shot.

While I have described one form of game other forms of a similar character may be played on the board.

Sheets of pulp board such as are used in a game board of this character are liable to warp or sag at the center. To oflset this tendency, I secure to the under side of the sheet a heavy envelop which answers the purpose of sustaining the center of the sheet and also of containing the checkers or playing pleces.

As herein shown theenvelop g is made of box shape of heavy paper with a flexible cord 9 and a button 9 for fastening. The playing pieces h are contained'in the box and the latter is glued, cemented or otherwise secured to the under surface of the pulp board sheet.

pulp board having its corners cut away, a

lower rectangular frame on which the edges ofsaid sheet rest, an upper rectangular frame resting on the edges of said sheet and coinciding with the lower frame and nails passing through said upper frame and the edges of the sheet and into saidlower frame to secure the parts together.

7 2. A game board including a sheet of I pulp board having its corners cut away, a

lower rectangular frame on which the edges of said sheet rest, an upper rectangular frame restingon the edges of said sheet and V coinciding with the lower frame, nails pass ing through said upper frame and the edges of the sheet and into the lower frame and an envelop. secured to the under surface of the sheet for containing the playingv pieces of the game.

e 3. A game board including a sheet of pulp board having its corners cut away, a

Ghpies 01. this patent ma; be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the enough to sustain lower rectangular frame on which the edges of said sheet 7 rest, an upper rectangular frame resting on the edges of said sheet and coinciding with the lower frame, and being relatively thinner than said lower frame and nails passing through the upper frame the edges of the sheet and into said lower.

frame to secure the parts together;

4:. A game board including a sheet of frame and being composed of material rigid, the center of the said sheet. 1 V V V In testimony whereof have'affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

V LYMAN-H. NELSON. n Witnesses: g a

S. W. BA'rns, S. DRUMnRY. a

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 03" 7 

